The Globalizers -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Whose Institutions? -- 2. The Globalizing Mission -- 3. The Power to Persuade -- 4. The Mission in Mexico -- 5. Mission Creep in Russia -- 6. Mission Unaccomplished in Africa -- 7. Reforming the IMF and World Bank -- References...

Front Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Executive Summary -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 Overview -- Context and Rationale -- Natural Resources, Infrastructure, and Development -- Structure of the Report -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 2 A Snapshot of the...

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Contributors -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- 1. Natural Resources and Conflict: What We Can Do -- 2. The Natural Resource Curse: How Wealth Can -- 3. Who Gets the Money? Reporting Resource Revenues -- 4. Where Did It Come From? Commodity Tracking Systems -- 5....

"This book answers "who matters" in a 32-year history (1980-2012) of policy change within the World Bank's public sector management and public sector governance agenda. The book is anchored within the public administration discipline and its understanding of bureaucracy, bureaucratic politics,...

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Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Observations on social capital -- Notes on social capital and economic performance -- Social capital in the creation of human capital -- Defining social capital: an integrating view -- Formal and informal institutions -- Creating and harnessing social capital --...

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